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Viral country music starSean Williamsadmits he didn’t get much sleep last night.
“I don’t even know what that word ‘sleep’ means anymore,” says Williams, 29, with a chuckle while chatting with PEOPLE mere weeks after becoming a daddy for the first time. “I lay my head down every night, but I know that at any time, they can wake up and either be hungry or need to be changed or just want to be held. I mean, it still doesn’t even seem real.”
Indeed, that new parent fog is not unusual, especially considering that the singer/songwriter and his wife Katie welcomed not one, but two babies in September.
However, those days would in fact get even rougher as the twins ended up spending more than 50 days in the hospital, some of which turned precarious very quickly.
“Kennedy had just gone through her car seat test and was prepped and ready for discharge the next day,” recalls Williams. “But she ended up having an episode that night with her feedings. They both have reflux really bad, so whenever they would have an episode where it caused any kind of issues with their breathing, they ended up tacking on extra days for them to stay for monitoring.”
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“He stopped breathing,” says Williams rather matter-of-factly. “It got to a point where we thought that he was actually going to die.”
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Thankfully, the serious situation rectified itself, and the two babies eventually went home in October. However, Kolton still has a somewhat serious surgery ahead of him.
“He ended up having Hirschsprung’s disease,” says Williams of the congenital disorder of the digestive system his son was diagnosed with. “He will have surgery for it in the next few months. He just has to be a little bigger.”
Nevertheless, the family of five (including Williams' 13-year-old stepson Brenton) says they are looking forward to the holiday season with their little ones, all while getting more used to their new reality.
“I don’t think my wife and I have had time to mentally process the fact that there are two extra children in this house,” Williams says with a laugh. “But, it’s hitting us a little bit more each day.”
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“It’s all about time management,” stresses Williams, who recently released a single titled “If You Only Knew” featuring Cori. “I’m trying to get myself down to a rhythm. Throughout the mid-morning to afternoon, the babies are typically asleep, so that gives me a good four to five hours to work.”
Through it all, Williams' growing legion of fans have not only been supportive of his career, but also of his young family.
“It’s hard to find the right words to express our appreciation to everyone who follows us,” he says. “Just having something like TikTok that not only allows you to put content out in front of millions of people, but to also share your life with has been truly a blessing.”
source: people.com
